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...They said he was an agitator," said King. "He practiced civil disobedience. He broke injunctions." Jesus was betrayed by friends, cursed, killed and buried penniless in a borrowed tomb--but now after 19 centuries "stands as the most influential figure that ever entered human history." For all the worldly gloss about a "lord of lords," King found nothing royal about Jesus: "He just went around serving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "I Have Seen The Promised Land" | 1/1/2006 | See Source »

...being written, political leaders could still talk about AIDS as a punishment for gay people or a plague on the immoral. In this context, “Rent” should be credited for providing likable HIV-positive characters without self-congratulatory flourishes.But the film does largely gloss over the enormous suffering that the disease has caused in the U.S. and elsewhere. People die from AIDS in “Rent,” but their deaths are so achingly beautiful and full of meaning that something is lost. The long, dirty, painful, and fundamentally base march of the disease...

Author: By Samuel M. Simon, | Title: Politics for Rent | 11/28/2005 | See Source »

...CHARMED Lip Gloss bracelet by Hard Candy ($16) keeps two colors of gloss close at hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Beauty to Go | 11/27/2005 | See Source »

...CHAIN LIP GLOSS from Lola ($6) combines two purse essentials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Beauty to Go | 11/27/2005 | See Source »

...DAILY GLOSS from Cargo ($10 for 30) is a day's worth of color in individual tear-away pouches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Beauty to Go | 11/27/2005 | See Source »

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